Sharp County record., 1887-04-21

A sew postal convention 1as 1ean ar
rzHr-d between The United states aad
Mexico Of great interest 20 Western ner
chants
Tug sale Of the Stewart ststuaTT c5..a'
sion began IN New York on the 5lst. Inc
bids for many choice works were so 10"
that thev were rejected.
Ez7ys Of the -0ss Of the sealing steamer
EagLs Of the Newfoundland coast, IS con-
frmed. Tt is considered certain that -T-
hundred and fifty seameu per-sned
THr Interstate Commerce Commission
were sworn ln 81 Washington on the 5.s0
and organized by the election Oh Jld55
. Cooley ss chairman
TIE Pittsburgh Pa police are en-
. 4eav0rinz 70 earn Of the whereabouts or
. fate Of o bride Of three weeks who hl'
/ been missing since the recent wreck al
. Lee-1nia. o.
. THERE was an army Of dead mead pas
seugers on the trains Of the PeuusY- -vaala
. C0mDan7rs lines on the 3lsL The I'7s,
pass habit expired On that system a.
/ midnight Of that day.
THF Illinois Legislature has been lHi'
cfaIlv informed shat the OLD Lincoln home
stead a. Springfield, ILL.,, is not for sale.
| JAMES E. R0BwsOy, Of Fargo DaE., has
| been dis barred from practising % an a.
/ -0rney before the Interior Department
[ It's bureaus and local Offices.
THE Secretary Of War. IN order 70 re-
/ sDord 10 the request Of Senator CocEral-
chairman Of the Senate select comml TEE
TO investigate the work Of the depart
ments. has directed 3 thorough nvesJiga-
lion Of the work Of each bureau.
A PENSION has been granted Peter Schu-
maker formerly private in Company y.
Fourth Wisconsin cavalry. on the ground
. Of insanity. He gets s72 per month and
arrearages, sggregating sl250L one Of
. the biggest pension payments ever made
P0LICE INSPECTOR So1rEFrLLE and Con
stable Garrett. who were found guilty o7
. the coroners Jury Of numbering Hal-ou,
st T0ughai, Ireland, have been released
On their own rec0guizauces-
GENERAL. P. u 2. Young. Of Georgia.
ate the CousuiGeueraI at st. Petersburg
q 5sDromineutIv n enti0ned for appointment
70 the Austrian mission. General Young
himself states, however. that ne IS not an
pIicaut for the position.
EDWARD VI. NEWMAN. in the employ Of
Michael Leviusou. wholesale cL0thierr New
York. was arrested on the 3lst, charged
with defraudiug the firm Of over s15lV
. by means Of false entries and misusng
the checks Of the firm. Newman was taken
20 the T0mbs.
ATEE THOCsAyD DOLLAR mall robbery ~
ro1is1ed the New T0rE pOst-ofice officials
On the 30th. A clerk named Clark Was
finally conferred upon as the thief, and le
was arrested on the 3lsr, the missing
package being tounI later. and finally
Clark confessed, and was sent 20 Jail
Born the ocean cable lines Of the Ben.
nett-Mackay Gable Company are broken,
and the company IS doing its business
over the French line. The breaks Will
soon be repaired.
SECRETARY EyDICOTT has issued cir
cular calling for information relative 70
the condition Of business in the War De-
Dartment. the business methods Of the
bureaus and other matters required oy
Senator C0ckrelrs committee.
SEcRETARY WHITyET has approved the
report Of the board appointed TO select the
sites for the TWO new dry docks au-
tdorfzod By the Iast Congress. The docks
will be located at n New York and Nor
folk yards, and will be built By contrs~'
on the general plan Of the Simpson d
docks
CoYrssIovER SPARKS Of The Genera
Land Office has issued an order ersae q
q contest board 70 which al contest cas- .
now pending, or hereafter arising, n the
Dre,smDtion and public .snds divisions,
shall oe referred for examination and de-
cision. After action is taken By this
board upon q contest case, twill 90 TO the
Board Of Review.
Krvr CHRISTIAN NJ Denmark has been
Informed from St Psters burg that anotb-
er unsuccessful attempt has been made
upon the Czar's life. News has also been
received Of the discovery Of . conspiracy
In the Caucasus. One hundred officers Of
the T.Ais garrison have been arrested for
completely .l the plot